FLORAS OF THE WORLD—PART II De 
Prior, R. C. A. On the popular names of British plants, being an explana- 
tion of the origin and meaning of the names of our indigenous and most 
commonly cultivated species. 3. ed. xxvii, 294 p. 20.5 cm. London, 1879. 
(1st ed. 1863.) 
Bibliography; alphabetical list of vernacular names (almost all English), 
with etymology and explanation of meaning; alphabetical list of botanical 
names with vernacular equivalents.—See also Britten and Holland, above, 
and additional references there given. 
Rayner, J. F. A standard catalogue of English names of our wild flowers, 
to which are added the ferns and their allies. 2 p.l., 51, [5] p. 21 cm. 
Southampton, London [1927]. 
Systematic list of scientific names of vascular plants and Characeae (1619 
species), with “standard” English name for each.—See also Britten and 
Holland, above, and additional references there given. 
Rehder, Alfred. (Phytography.) British Islands. Jn his The Bradley 
Bibliography. A guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world 
published before the beginning of the twentieth century. Compiled at the 
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University under the direction of Charles 
Sprague Sargent. v. 1, p. 3938-404. 29.5 cm. Cambridge, Mass., 1911. 
(Publications of the Arnold Arboretum, no. 3.)—-Additions and corrections. 
be. Benbs3d—hoby 5s, xx—xaa. 1 1918. 
Essentially unannotated list of floristic works (including those in period- 
ical and serial literature) on ““Dendrography” and on “General phytography,”’ 
chronologically arranged, and including practically all the floristic works of 
the period covered (through 1900) except the most minor ones. For Great 
Britain, as for all European countries except Belgium, this is for the years 
covered the most nearly complete floristic bibliography available, and the 
same is true for many other parts of the world.—See also l.c. 1: 17-20, for 
alphabetical list of British periodicals and serials relating to botany; 1: 
51-55, for works relating to botanic gardens; 1: 73-74, for dictionaries and 
lists of vernacular names and their etymology; 1: 80-81, for works on 
botanical history; 1: 226, for works on phenology; 1: 296-297, for note- 
worthy individual trees and forests; 3: 16-18. 1915, for alphabetical] list 
of periodicals and serials relating to arboriculture, gardening, and uses of 
plants (additions, p. 757); 3: 28-29, for works on collections, gardens, 
arboretums, museums and exhibitions (not herbaria); 3: 33, for works on 
the history of gardening; 3: 78-83, for dendrological, pomological, econom- 
ical and miscellaneous works dealing with horticulture, fruit trees, medicinal 
and other useful or ornamental plants; 3: 106-110, works on arboriculture 
and general horticulture; 3: 250-255, for pharmacopoeias and dispensatories; 
3: 271, for works on economic products; 4: 12. 1914, for list of periodicals 
and serials relating to forestry, timber uses, etc.; 4: 19-20, for works on 
exhibitions of forest products; 4: 27, for works on history of forests; 4: 
84-85, for works on dendrography; 4: 357-359, for works on forests. Various 
smaller sections of no floristic significance have been omitted from the above 
summary.—See also Druce (Local floras), above, and additional references 
there given. 
Reid, Clement. The origin of the British flora. vi, 191 p. 22.5 cm. 
London, 1899. 
Origin of flora, means of dispersal, changes in geography and climate, 
alphabetical list of localities with lists of fossil species found; systematic 
list of British plants, with account of fossil occurrence, summarized in a 
table-—See also Godwin, above, and additional references there given. 
Ross-Craig, Stella. Drawings of British plants, being illustrations of the 
species of flowering plants growing naturally in the British Isles . . . with 
a foreword by Sir Edward Salisbury ... pt. 1-10. pls. 24 cm. London, 
1948-57. 
Excellent plates showing habit and details of flower, fruit, and seed, with- 
out text. The parts so far issued contain from 22 to 77 plates each (num- 
bered separately in each part), with index; there is separate index covering 
parts 1-3. Part 10 reaches Sedum.—See also Boulger, above, and additional 
references there given. 
